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Fuck Akio and Toyota

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Is this the same Toyota that sells like one EV model? Not exactly stunning leadership.

[–] CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago (2 children)

One shitty EV they co developed with Subaru.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And hydrogen cars that have almost a dozen available filling stations!

[–] cecilkorik@piefed.ca 18 points 1 day ago

Ah, you mean the hydrogen that could theoretically be made from water but is actually in practice made from natural gas? The perfect infinitely renewable fuel indeed! Someday, it could even be zero-carbon! Someday in the future, after the oil companies have finished getting even richer and decide they finally have enough money now. Could happen any day now. Won't. But could!

The Subaru models are better, too. Like, way better.

[–] 50MYT@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

Cracking up that the photo is in front of a Ford

[–] crozilla@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Toyota lobbies hard against CAFE standards. They don’t wanna sell Priuses, they wanna sell TRUCKS!!!!

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

Of course. They're massively profitable.

  1. You can ignore half the emissions standards requirements

  2. People want them because they're scared of driving a smaller vehicle while the other massive trucks on the road can crush them.

  3. They always talk about the ability to move things like furniture or equipment or things like thag despite only doing that twice a year, and rentals existing, including directly from places like Lowe's and Home Depot.

  4. People are willing to pay a premium because they mistakenly think that bigger vehicles cost substantially more to make because bigger must mean a lot more material, despite most of a vehicle being empty space.

[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

This is absolutely true, but at the same time they killed the bulletproof 5.7 V8 and replaced it with a twin turbo v6 that just barely gives 200lbs extra towing and just craps all over itself every time ruining the Toyota worldwide name for reliability

[–] ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Damn. Just finished up the payments on mine.

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[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Is that the Mr. Toyota Trump was talking about?

[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

I always confuse him with Akira Nissan

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[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

More Tundras sold = more money

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And sadly, Toyota about the only vehicle that I can comfortably sit in without my back being torn up.

[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

You ever sat in a Volvo? Best seats ever.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 21 hours ago

Pretty big cost difference, unfortunately.

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Honestly, no, I have not. I’ll have to check it out.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago

Don't knock preowned luxury cars either. 5+ year old used sedans with generally low mileage and usually comfort features (aka, old people who don't drive a lot), around the price of a low end new car these days

[–] haulyard@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Just not their second row suvs that somehow don’t have arm rests.

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